Taking Charge of Your Career Direction Career Planning Guide, Book 1

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ISBN: 9780534574260 | 0534574262
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Take charge of your own career! Long described as the most complete, motivating, and logical career-planning book on the market, TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER DIRECTION provides you with the information you need to evaluate various opportunities in the world of work. With numerous personal inventories, core exercises, and real-life examples, this activity-oriented text helps you take stock of which career is right for you!

Introduction to Career Planning

(37)

Getting Started

(2)

Choice and Freedom

(1)

The Career Decision-Making Process

(3)

Theories of Occupational Choice and Career Development

(13)

Roe's Theory of Occupational Choice

(2)

Holland's Theory of Careers

(1)

Theories of Career Development: Ginzberg and Super

(4)

Krumboltz's Social Learning Theory

(2)

Cognitive Theories of Career Development

(1)

Personal Construct Theory (PCT)

(1)

Integrative Life Planning

(1)

Chapter 1 Exercises

(13)

Ideal Job Description

(9)

Autobiography

(3)

Life Line

(1)

Summary

(1)

References

(2)

The Changing World of Work

(47)

Occupational Trends

(3)

General Economic Forces and Labor Trends

(21)

Demographic Trends

(3)

Labor Trends

(4)

New (or Re-Emphasized) Work Values

(1)

Alternative Work Styles: Free-Agent Independent Workers and Nonstandard Workers

(3)

Education and Job Training Trends

(2)

Economic Forces

(3)

Location and Time Trends

(2)

Unemployment, Underemployment, and Turnover Rates

(1)

Miscellaneous Trends

(2)

New and Emerging Occupations: Difficulties and Benefits

(2)

Growing and Declining Occupations and Industries

(5)

Trends in Specific Occupations within Occupational Groups

(9)

Factory Shutdown Exercise

(2)

Summary

(1)

References

(4)

Your Preferences in the World of Work

(35)

Occupational Interests

(2)

Using Inventories

(1)

The Six Holland Personality/Environment Types

(5)

Personality Types

(1)

Work Environments

(2)

Relationships among the Six Holland Types

(1)

Generating Occupational Prospects with the Holland Codes

(3)

Holland Personality Pattern Word List

(1)

The Strong Interest Inventory (SII) and the Career Assessment Inventory (CAI)

(3)

Basic Interest Scales

(1)

Specific Occupational Scales

(2)

Personal Style Scales

(1)

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

(6)

Other Inventories

105

(3)

The Harrington/O'Shea Career Decision-Making (CDM) System---Level 2

105

(1)

The Career Occupational Preference System (COPS)

106

(1)

Brief Descriptions of Six More Inventories

107

(1)

Exercises for Generating Occupational Prospects

108

(9)

Remembering

108

(1)

Asking

108

(2)

Occupational Daydreaming

110

(1)

Wishing

110

(1)

Browsing

110

(1)

What Needs to Be Done?

111

(1)

Career Kits and Games

112

(1)

Card Sorts

113

(1)

Computer-Based Career Guidance Systems

113

(1)

Local or State Career Systems

114

(1)

Special Family

114

(1)

Fantasizing

114

(1)

Family Tree

115

(1)

Interest Inventories and Coding Systems

116

(1)

Occupational Classification Systems

117

(1)

Summary

117

(1)

References

118

(2)

Gathering Information about Your Occupational Prospects

120

(56)

Occupational Information

122

(15)

The Range of Occupational Information

122

(1)

Government Sources of Occupational Information

123

(1)

Other Printed Sources of Occupational Information

124

(1)

Talking to People about Their Jobs

125

(1)

Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Systems

126

(4)

Occupational Information Using the Internet and the World Wide Web

130

(3)

Using Literature and the Media as Sources of Occupational Information

133

(1)

Information on Local Employment Opportunities

134

(1)

Visiting a Career Resource Center

135

(1)

Evaluating Occupational Information

136

(1)

Making Sense of the World of Work: Classifying Occupations into Groups

137

(37)

Classification of Occupations in the Occupational Outlook Handbook

137

(3)

OOH Occupational Cluster Checklist

140

(2)

Occupational Group Arrangement in the DOT, the O*Net, and the Canadian NOC

142

(1)

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)

142

(4)

Survey of Two-Digit DOT Divisions

146

(3)

The Occupational Information Network---The O*Net

149

(2)

O*Net Search for Occupations

151

(6)

Arrangement of Occupations in the Guide for Occupational Exploration

157

(2)

GOE Work Group Checklist

159

(3)

Roe Classification of Occupations

162

(2)

Selecting Occupational Prospects to Research

164

(7)

An Occupational Search Requires Occupational Research

171

(3)

Summary

174

(1)

References

174

(2)

Motivation and Achievement

176

(34)

Goals, Motives, and Needs

177

(4)

Goals

178

(1)

Motives

178

(1)

Needs

178

(3)

Setting Goals

181

(3)

Short-Term Goal-Setting Exercise

183

(1)

An Example of an Experience with the Short-Term Goal-Setting Exercise

184

(1)

Achievement Motivation

184

(13)

Exercises in Imagination

186

(3)

Mental Imagery in Athletics and in Life

189

(1)

Write More Achievement Stories to Strengthen Your Achievement Motivation

190

(2)

One Person's Real-Life Achievement Story

192

(3)

High-Achiever Strategies

195

(1)

Concluding Thoughts about Achievement Motivation

196

(1)

Identifying Your Achievements

197

(8)

Remembering Past Achievements

198

(4)

Achievement Checklist

202

(3)

Keep a Record of Your Achievements in a Portfolio

205

(3)

List the Contents of Your Portfolio

207

(1)

Summary

208

(1)

References

208

(2)

Abilities: Skills and Aptitudes

210

(41)

Introduction to the Study of Abilities

211

(2)

Functional, Content, and Adaptive Skills

213

(22)

Functional/Transferable Skills

214

(1)

Functional/Transferable Skills

214

(1)

Work Content or Special-Knowledge Skills

214

(3)

List Your Content or Knowledge Skills

217

(3)

Adaptive or Self-Management Skills

220

(1)

Adaptive or Self-Management Skills

221

(1)

Skill Language Has Many Uses

222

(1)

Connecting Types of Skills

223

(1)

Connecting Functional, Content, and Adaptive Skills

224

(1)

Achievement Experiences

225

(7)

Skills Inventory

232

(3)

Aptitudes

235

(11)

Aptitudes Measured by the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT)

237

(2)

Aptitudes Measured by the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

239

(1)

Aptitudes Measured by the Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS)

239

(1)

Aptitudes Measured by the O*Net Ability Profiler (AP)

240

(3)

Estimating Aptitude Levels

243

(3)

Prioritize Your Work Abilities

246

(3)

Prioritizing Matrix for Ranking Work Abilities

247

(2)

My Prioritized, Documented List of Work Abilities

249

(1)

Summary

249

(1)

References

250

(1)

Cultural, Personal, and Work Values

251

(43)

Values

253

(1)

Cultural Diversity and Cultural Values

254

(11)

Identifying the Values of Your Culture and Subculture

261

(2)

Conflicting Values in the Culture

263

(1)

Occupational Prestige Exercise

264

(1)

Personal Values

265

(4)

Incomplete Value Sentences

266

(1)

Rank Ordering of 21 Personal Values

267

(2)

Work Values

269

(19)

Work Values Auction

270

(1)

Evaluating a List of Work Values

271

(5)

The Work Values Inventory

276

(1)

The Values Scale

277

(1)

Review of Work Values Inventory

278

(8)

Experiences with Work Values

286

(2)

Prioritize Your Work Values

288

(3)

Prioritizing Matrix for Ranking Work Values

288

(2)

My Prioritized List of Work Values

290

(1)

Summary

291

(1)

References

292

(2)

Focusing on Your Career Decision

294

(13)

The Nature of Decision Making

295

(3)

The Career Decision-Making Process Revisited

296

(1)

Types of Career Decision Makers According to Degrees of Decidedness

297

(1)

Expansion and Contraction of Occupational Prospects

298

(2)

Methods of Challenging Current Occupational Prospects

300

(5)

Challenge Your Occupational Prospects with Your Ideal Job Description

300

(1)

Challenge Occupational Prospects Generated Only Once or Twice

301

(1)

Challenge Occupational Prospects on the Basis of Your Work Abilities

302

(1)

Challenge Occupational Prospects on the Basis of Your Work Values

303

(1)

Challenge Occupational Prospects by Length, Cost, and Location of Education

304

(1)

Summary

305

(1)

References

306

(1)

Making Career Decisions: Putting It All Together

307

(26)

Coping with the Risks and Stress of Decision Making

309

(5)

Coping Patterns in Decision Making

309

(3)

The Quality of Your Decisions

312

(1)

Strategies and Risks in Decision Making

312

(2)

A Practice Decision-Making Exercise: Choosing a College

314

(6)

Intuitive Decision Making

314

(1)

A Rational, Systematic Approach to Decision Making

314

(3)

Procedures in Using the Decision-Making Matrix

317

(3)

Choosing a College

320

(1)

Discussion

320

(1)

The Career Decision

320

(11)

Summary List of Occupational Prospects, Work Values, and Work Abilities

322

(3)

Career Decision-Making Exercise

325

(5)

Final, Prioritized List of Occupational Prospects

330

(1)

Summary

331

(1)

References

331

(2)

Reality-Testing Your Career Choice

333

(46)

Educational Decisions

334

(31)

Colleges and Occupations

336

(5)

Community Colleges and Occupations

341

(4)

Apprenticeship and Occupations

345

(3)

Other Educational Alternatives

348

(10)

Educational Programs Arranged by the Holland Categories

358

(1)

Educational Costs and Financial Aid

358

(3)

Work and Time Management While Attending College

361

(1)

Educational Planning Exercise

362

(3)

Reality-Testing Your Career Decision

365

(10)

Basic Career Plans

365

(2)

Occupational Reality-Testing Exercise

367

(2)

Force Field Analysis

369

(3)

The ``Hot Seat''---A Group Exercise

372

(1)

Write Your Own Achievement Story

373

(2)

A Final Word about Negative Feedback and Changing Occupations

375

(1)

Summary

376

(1)

References

376

(3)

Appendix A Implementing Your Career Decision---The Job Search

379

(10)

Appendix B Occupational Cluster Survey (Detailed) for the Occupational Outlook Handbook

389

(6)

Appendix C The National Occupational Classification (NOC) of Canada

395

(12)

Appendix D Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)

407

(11)

Appendix E O*Net Search for Occupations (Exercise 4-3 in Chapter 4)

418

(21)

Appendix F GOE Group Checklist

439

(5)

Appendix G Origami: An Achievement Motivation Game

444

(3)

Appendix H O*Net Skills, Abilities, and Knowledges

447

(8)

Appendix I Worksheets for Occupational Information

455

(10)

Index

465

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